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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology (www.bbc.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I'm not using it only because the two retailers in the country don't need to have my credit card info and/or phone number.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I just watched a comedy special where the comedian calls them the "the shoplifter lanes".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Self-checkout systems are already old fashioned. Most stores in my town have apps for that now, where customers scan items as they bag them in their own bags while walking through the store and then just beep out. This removes the need for a queue, the payment terminal, the receipt and the stupid exit gate. Customers are allegedly randomly checked, but I've never seen that.